Discover what a market is in economics, its various types, and common features. Learn how markets function, both in physical spaces and through virtual platforms.

Editor’s Note: On Making Sen$e this week, we’ve been publishing Paul Solman’s never-aired conversation with economic historian Gregory Clark about his 2007 book ...

Carol M. Kopp edits features on a wide range of subjects for Investopedia, including investing, personal finance, retirement planning, taxes, business management, and career development. Development ...

James Surowiecki (via Andrew) makes a great point about the bonus backlash: Myriad experiments in behavioral economics have found that people are willing to pay to punish members of a group whom they ...

Once upon a time, in the middle of the last century, America had a thriving economy in which the middle class was at the center and everyone -- poor and rich alike -- did better. But then, starting in ...